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▪ I. interlay, v.|ɪntəˈleɪ|
Pa. tense and pple. -laid.
[f. inter- 1 a + lay v.]
1. trans. To lay between or among; to interpose.
1609Daniel Civ. Wars iv. lxx, This Chayne of Nature might be interlay'd Betweene the Father and his high intents. 1624Wotton Archit. in Reliq. (1651) 225 That certain Courses or Ledges of more strength then the rest, be interlayed. 1850Mrs. Browning Hector in Gard. vii, And the meadow turf, cut finely, Round them laid and interlaid.
2. To furnish or vary with something placed or inserted between; also fig.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 457 The walls of red marble shined like fire, interlaid with gold. 1631R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlew. (1641) 289 The one interlayeth affection with too much passion, the other with too much dissimulation. 1652–62Heylin Cosmogr. iii. (1673) 79/1 Composed of Marble, and everywhere enterlaid with Gold.
▪ II. interlay, n.|ˈɪntəleɪ|
[Back-formation f. the vb.]
That which is intercalated; esp. in Printing.
1901Westm. Gaz. 10 Oct. 2/2 A delicate Chantilly lace mounted over cream satin, with an interlay of cream chiffon. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 453/2 Interlay, paper inserted between a printing plate and its mount in order to raise the plate to type height. 1948H. Missingham Student's Guide Commercial Art ii. 82 Interlay, paper placed between the mount and the metal plate to raise those portions of the block, representing usually the dark tones and solids. |